This year’s Winter Olympics, held in PyeongChang, is chock full of thrilling successes, heartbreaking failures, and even some lessons for us mere mortals to learn from. That’s right, the Olympians over in South Korea have taught us some things that can be applied to our everyday activities – especially job hunting. So, take deep breath, you’re about to embark on your training to become a Gold Medal Olympian in the realm of job hunting.

To Ghost – verb. The practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communications.

When you hear the term “ghosting” you probably have flashbacks to bad dates. When I hear it though, I think of job interviews. Why? Well, if you’ve gone on a job interview within the past few years, you probably already know why. In today’s world, it’s seemingly common practice for employers to disappear post interview, even after a thank you email is sent. The amount of times I have been left wondering “are they still interviewing or did I just not get it?” is shocking. While this practice certainly doesn’t reflect well on the employer, there are valuable lessons that can be learned.

Millennials, if you think you had it bad with generational stereotypes, be thankful you aren’t Gen Z. Gen Z is the newest generation entering the workforce, and they’ve already been dubbed the laziest one yet. Though I classify as a millennial, albeit by two mere months, most of my peers fall into the older side of Gen Z. This makes me a generational “tween” – but not the type of tween who has Bieber Fever. I’m a tween who can relate to the struggles of both generations, especially of Gen Z.

With Gen Z entering the workforce, should we expect the world of work to change? A recent survey by Nexxt asked job seekers of all ages how they think Gen Z will impact the job market and the workforce.

Amazon Go, Amazon’s autonomous grocery store is here and there’s been a lot of talk about it.

Yes, you read right…autonomous. It is designed to let customers walk-in through a subway-style turnstyle, pick up items, and purchase them without standing in a line, taking out a form of payment, or engaging with a person.